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A N C I E N T NORSE SKULL.
FEOM GRAVE AT LARNE, COUNTY ANTRIM, IRELAND.
(REGION INHABITED BY NOESEMBN, NINTH TO THIETEENTn CENTUUT, A.D.)
Cranium from Larne Grave.—Quarter-size.
THIS skull, wMcli may be said to have acquired celebrity, was discovered on the shore of the
beautiful Lough Larne, about three-quarters of a mile from the tovrn of that name, on the 7th of
November 1840. Some Hme-quarries had been recently opened there, and a tramway was
required to convey the limestone to the jetty, where the coasting vessels which trade between
Larne and the opposite Scottish ports usually take in their cargoes. In constructing this tram-
Iron Sxord * and Sf ear-head, Bronze Pin o-ji in. long, and Bone Comb.
way, at a distance of about 70 yards from the sea and about 5 feet above the level of high water
• The sword is 2 ft. 8 in. long, and folly 2 in. broad, but waa broken on its discovery, and the piece, said to have been 6 in.
in length, lost.
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